Category Archives: Classic Rock

Ozzy Osbourne Says He’s ‘Deeply Nervous’ About Returning to TV

Ozzy Osbourne will star in the upcoming BBC reality series Home to Roost, but the Black Sabbath singer admitted that returning to TV makes him “deeply nervous.” The 10-part show will focus on Osbourne and his family as they settle back into life in rural Buckinghamshire, England. Last year, Osbourne revealed that after 25 years of living in the […]

20 Albums Turning 20 in 2023

Classic rock was hardly the genre du jour in 2003, but several of its biggest names still made impressive statements, while a handful of pioneering younger bands took cues from the masters. Southern rock legends the Allman Brothers Band issued their last studio LP, Hittin’ the Note, their only album without founding guitarist Dickey Betts. Singer-songwriter Warren Zevon also […]

Steve Perry Reportedly Drops Journey Trademark Claim

Former Journey singer Steve Perry has reportedly dropped his legal claim against one of the band’s corporations over the trademarking of 20 songs. Guitarist Neal Schon revealed the letter he’d received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, confirming that “Petitioner, without the written consent of Respondent, filed a withdrawal of the petition for cancellation […]

Iggy Pop Names His Favorite Song from ‘Raw Power’

Iggy Pop reflected on pushing the Stooges‘ most acclaimed album to completion despite knowing the band was disintegrating at the time. Raw Power, released in February 1973, became a landmark work of punk rock. In a new interview with Uncut, Pop marked its upcoming 50th anniversary by naming his favorite song from the eight-track title. […]

Paula White-Cain Improperly Accessed Journey Accounts

Journey guitarist Neal Schon has filed a cease-and-desist against Paula White-Cain, the wife of his bandmate Jonathan Cain, accusing her of improperly accessing the band’s bank accounts. According to a New York Post report, the letter from Schon to White-Cain reads: “We have learned that despite the prior mutual agreement between Mr. Schon and Mr. […]

‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ Combines Earworms and Education

People often think of the ’70s as a time of supreme cynicism. The airwaves were dominated by the Watergate hearings, movie theaters were awash with a never-ending string of films about an America overrun by corruption and decay; the international news was dominated by the Vietnam War, the energy crisis, the Iran hostage crisis, stagflation and […]